Tag Archives: outdoors

Winter walks for International Mountain Day

Posted on December 11, 2019 by

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is encouraging people to celebrate International Mountain Day with a visit to one of Scotland’s stunning nature reserves. Some of our finest mountains lie within these special areas, and while the high tops may be restricted … Continue reading →

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School proves learning outdoors really works (and is fun!)

Posted on October 23, 2019 by

Friday at SNH’s Battleby Offices – means fun and challenges for visiting pupils from St John’s RC School in Perth.  Come rain, hail or shine, for the past academic year, P5-7 have been out and about learning, playing and having … Continue reading →

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Pupils develop products to get more people outdoors and improve mental health

Posted on December 19, 2018 by

Sixth year pupil Eve Hart writes a guest blog about Culloden Inspire, the Young Enterprise team from Culloden Academy, and tells us about the innovative products they’ve developed.  Young Enterprise is a charity set up to allow sixth year pupils … Continue reading →

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Beauty and innovation at Beinn Eighe NNR

Posted on June 5, 2018 by

George Winter, from Derby, recently spent 4 months volunteering at Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve. However, this was far from his first time volunteering for outdoor work! Here he tells us about how his passion for the Scottish Highlands grew … Continue reading →

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Young Scots capture Year of Natural Scotland

Posted on December 6, 2013 by

The idea was simple – take a photo of an outdoor experience and share it on an app for others to vote on.  Our aim – to inspire young people to enjoy Scotland’s outdoors. So we teamed-up with Young Scot, … Continue reading →

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